On Vaccine Mandates

User icon Toby Green
18 February 2022
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Protests against vaccines mandates have made the news in Canada, but, as some of these articles show, discussions about, for and against mandates are not new. In particular, I recommend the paper from France's Conseil D'Analyse Economique (CAE).


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 4 November 2021 English

This paper analyzes a simple model of infectious disease where the incentives for individuals to reduce risks through endogenous social distancing take straightforward cost-benefit form. Since disease is transmitted through …


desLibris · 25 June 2014 English

The majority of the approximately 150 people who attended the symposium, after listening to the speakers and participating in debate, recommended that Alberta adopt some form of compulsory choice regarding …


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 26 January 2017 English

We study the direct and spillover effects of state requirements that middle school youths obtain a tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) booster prior to middle school entry. These mandates increased …